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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Mark Waghorn & Kieren Williams

Hearts from donors who died with Covid 'can still be safely used in transplants'

Hearts from donors who died with Covid can still be safely used in transplants, according to new research.

The study of dozens of transplants found that the hearts were just as safe as ones from people without the virus.

Lead author Samuel Kim said: "These findings suggest we may be able to be more aggressive about accepting donors when patients are in dire need of an organ for heart transplantation."

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